Traveling bag having top-wall-supported compartment which remains hidden when side-wall closure is opened



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TRAVELING BAG HAVING TOP-WALL-SUPPORTED COMPARTMENT WHICH REMAINS HIDDENWHEN SIDE-WALL-CLOSURE IS OPENED Filed. Jan" 29, 1948 2- Shsets--She'etl INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Sept 13, ww, A. BORETZ 2,411,565

- TRAVELING BAG HAVING TOPWALL*SUPPORTED COMPARTMENT WHICH REMAINSHIDDEN WHEN SIDE-WALL-CLOSURE IS OPENED Filed Jan. 29, 1948- 2Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 13, 1949 ,UNITED STATES PATENT orics TRAVELING BAG HAVING TOP-WALL -SUP- PORTED COMPARTMENT WHICHREMAINS HIDDEN WHEN SIDE-WALL CLOSURE OPENED Abraham Boretz, Bronx, N.Y. t

1 Application January 29, 1948, Serial No. ;063 V The invention'relatesto traveling bags or cases.

Heretofore the packing of a traveling bag has been subject to thedisadvantage that when oncepacked the contents of the bag, excepting thetop layer, are obscured and the itmes cannot be readily checked to makecertain all that are required are in place-unless they are taken out oneby one and repositioned. It is often found for example, on arriving atthe travelers destination, that extra socks, shaving soap or the likehave been inadvertently left at home. Another inherent disadvantage hasbeen the lack of a protected compartment in the bag wherein to carrybottled or breakable goods, which if fractured, would spill over thecontents of the packed bag. The careless handling of porters and ba gagehandling is generally conducive to such result.

It is the principal object of the invention to provide a bag wherein thetraveler may with ease and dispatch, pack the bag and check the contentsto ensure that all desired items are positioned within. The inventionalso embraces the provision of means to permit the utmost accessibilityof the bag interior to facilitate packing and unpacking; still anotherobject is a case which can be employed as a convenient storage space forthe contents if the traveler does not wish to unpack and place theitems, for example, in a bureau drawer.

Additionally, part of the inventive concept is a construction whereinbottled or fragile goods may be packed without fear of breakage; and arepository wherein these items may be concealed from surreptitious orunauthorized view as the bag is being packed and unpacked.

Other objects not specifically enumerated, will be understood from thefollowing description of one embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the traveling bag with the side flap inclosed position, and the interior bottle compartment in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 shows a perspective View of the bag with the side flap in openposition.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottle compartment.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bottle compartment.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines of Fig. 3.

In the embodiment illustrating this invention, and with particularreference to Figs. 1 and 2, numeral 5 designates the traveling bagconsisting of top 6, depending side walls I, 8 end walls or 2 Claims.(Cl. 190-51) gussets 9, I0 and bottom I I all of stifiened leather orother suitable material joined together by usual methods knowni'to theindustry.

In order to provide opening I2, permitting unobstructed view of thepacking of the bag, additionally to facilitate complete access to theinterior thereof for expeditious packing, checking and removal ofvarious component parts of the travelers wardrobe; side wall 1 is cut at1' from a point !3 spaced from one side andat the bottom of the wall topoint l4 spaced from the opposite side and. also at; the bottom, therebyproviding a flap l5 having a hinge-like fold as at l5. Cut '1, asdisclosed in Figs. ;1- and 2, is arch-like in outline, with the upperedge of the cut spaced below the top of the side-wall.

The complemental parts of a conventional slide fastener are secured byappropriate means to the meeting edges of the cut 1' with the flap I5opened and closed by fastener [1. The latter member may be locked, whenin closed position, by lock I8 secured to depending leather tab I9.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the flap l5, when in opened position, disclosesthe contents of the packed bag for ready inspection, and the neededarticles may be selected therefrom with the utmost ease and dispatch.And further, the bag may be employed if desired, as a convenientrepository for the contents without the usual unpacking.

On the inside of the flap may be provided a compartment I5 for ties orother articles, with shoe compartments 20, 2| and utility compart ment22 at opposite ends of the inside of the bag. The provision of thiscompartment is, it should be noted, optional.

At the top of the bag and beneath the leather covering 23, are, injuxtaposed relation, as illustrated in Fig. 5, stiffening element 24, areinforcing bar 25 and band 26, the upper medial portion of flexibleband 26 and the bar being secured to the inner side of the top by strip21, suitably stitched or otherwise fastened thereto. The opposite endsof handle 28 are fastened to posts 29, the inner terminals of which areclinched to the under side of band 26. Band 26 is provided at oppositeends with complemental parts 30, 3| of a fastener and the band, inclosed position, forms a cylindricallike compartment 32 wherein can benested a bottle of cologne or any other breakable object, as depicted inFigs. 1 and 5.

Bar 25 lends rigidity to the top of the bag in addition to precludingany fracturing of objects placed within compartment 32.

Mounting the cylindrical compartment beneath the top reinforced with thebar and within the confines of the upper recesses of the bag insures (l)absolute protection of the contents by reason of the bar reinforcementand the relatively stiff depending upper portions of the side walls 1and 8 and (2) protection of the compartment contentsiromsight,

The traveling bag is inherently capeble of holdu ing more articles'thanthe conventional zipper bag. A pair of shoes or slippers can be packedrations, as for example; :a 'suit. tease havin parallel side -=walls'il'he flat-widow fflan m y mployed wi h this :as as tether modified;

forms ofbags.

:Minor changeszmayiheieflecbediin other matters ofconstruction with-mth: scope of theiappended claims without departing drum the principlesof theinvention.

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1. In a traveling bag having a handle, and

walls, -a bottom, and apeir ofrdcpen dingside walls providing a.continuous space therebetween for the reception and storage of arelatively flexible band having opposite free ends with separableclosure parts and. forming a cylindrically shaped compartment positionedcontiguous the top and within the continuous space Thetmeqn the side:and enii'wallsmorm cfythe side walls having *an access=opening+provided with a let-down flap, the top of the access openingbeing spaced beneath the bottom'of said compartment whereby saidcompartment is not visible when the ziszlatdewn, (the bottom of saidflap having a 'h ngelilzefold coextensive with the bottom of the sideWall, saidzflapiwhen let down aifording selective access ,to theinterior of the bag or to said compartment.

3min ztnavelingbag as defined in claim 1, in

which the handle of the bag is mounted on posts connects the reinforcingbar and the compartment forming bandito the top.

sKE-FE 12h NCES crimp- The followin references are i recmd'm 7 file ofthis patent: V

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Kauf-mann Aug. I5, 193.9

articles; said top having mounted therebeneath a reinforcing bar,

